? ? ? ? "I thought you looked at me as if you wanted to say something." "There is something I must say to you before I die."
? ? ? ? "Before you die, mother!" echoed Frank, in a startled voice.
? ? ? ? "Yes. Frank, I am beginning to think that this is my last sickness."
? ? ? ? "But, mother, you have been so before, and got up again."
? ? ? ? "There must always be a last time, Frank; and my strength is too far reduced to rally again, I fear."
? ? ? ? "I can't bear the thought of losing you, mother," said Frank, deeply moved.
? ? ? ? "You will miss me, then, Frank?" said Mrs. Fowler.
? ? ? ? "Shall I not? Grace and I will be alone in the world."
? ? ? ? "Alone in the world!" repeated the sick woman, sorrowfully, "with little help to hope for from man, for I shall leave you nothing. Poor children!"
? ? ? ? "That isn't what I think of," said Frank, hastily.
? ? ? ? "I can support myself.
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